Winter Break

About a month ago during BCA's school break we took a fun trip to the mountains outside of Bucharest. We stayed in Bran (where "Dracula's castle" is). We had the opportunity to go with some friends of ours so we had 5 kids under 5 between our two families. We had a great time-it snowed the entire 4 days we were there and the kids loved sledding and playing in the snow. It was truly a winter wonderland. We did discover though, that we definately have "city" tires on our car as we got stuck and were not able to drive all the way up to the place we were staying. We will buy chains for next year!!!!

Yum Yum Donuts

Behind our apartment in the park there has been a fair type thing since Christmas and it seems to just keep hanging on. Samuel and Hannah love it. Their favorite thing is to go get Romanian donuts: gogosi or as Hannah calls them "go gos". They are like little American donut holes served hot with your choice of topping: chocolate, white chocolate, raspberry, strawberry, and orange (which I think is weird!) We usually get white chocolate. Then they give you these cute little very sharp not so kid friendly forks to eat with. A fun family not so healthy treat! You can find these in little stands all over Bucharest.

Sensory Tubs

One of the regular activities I've been doing with the munchkins is having them play in what I can their "sensory tub". It's actually Hannah's old baby bathtub. I put a different material in the bathtub every week and let them have at it. They can pour and sift and measure. It keeps them quite occupied. So far they have played with different types of noodles, rice, cornmeal and beans. My favorite was when we put coins in the rice and looked for them with magnets. They seemed to really like that. I love hands on activities!!!

Macbeth Performances

I think one of my favorite things to teach is anything by Shakespeare. I love the fact that students are up on their feet performing, trying to figure out meaning and having fun all the while. My 11th/12th grade class read and performed Macbeth. This was my first time actually teaching this particular play but I ended up absolutely loving it. What's not to love-ambition, murder and the supernatural. The pictures above are from the student's final performances. They did a great job. There was everything from a rap to Macbeth being set during the roaring 20's. Let me just say that I so enjoy my job!!!